A rail-led journey from Tokyo to Sapporo featuring homestays, ryokans and onsens, northern nature and Ainu culture, plus iconic cities and cuisine.
  • Visit Tokyo’s Senso-ji Temple and browse Nakamise’s traditional stalls.
  • Walk Kyoto’s Fushimi Inari-Taisha through thousands of vermilion torii gates.
  • Reflect at Hiroshima Peace Park and the A-Bomb Dome.
  • See Miyajima’s ‘floating’ torii gate.
  • Explore Osaka’s Dotonbori and Kuromon Market street food scene.
  • Witness Noboribetsu Hell Valley’s steaming vents and volcanic landscapes.
  • Canoe across Lake Shikotsu’s clear caldera waters.
  • Discover Ainu culture at the Kawamura Kaneto Ainu Museum.
Stay in a mix of hotels, a countryside homestay and traditional ryokans/minshukus featuring futon bedding on tatami floors. Expect compact or shared bathing facilities with set hours, onsen etiquette, slippers and occasional curfews. Due to demand, listed properties may change, and some rooms provide only one key.